Imitation tiling.



No. '1f/9,883. PATBNTED JAN. 1o, 1905. J. SINGER.

IMITATION TILING.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE z2, 1903. RENEWBD 00127. 1904.

UNITED STATEs Patented January l0, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

IIVIITATION TILING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,883, dated January10, 1905. Application filed June 22, 1903. Renewed October 7, 1904.Serial No. 227,603.

To @ZZ whom it www concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN SINGER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Imitation Tiling, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to that kind of' tiling known asSpanish tiling, which are used largely in the construction ofl roofs onthe old missions; and the object of my invention is to provide a goodand reliable roof at a small expense that can be easily placed and whatwill have the appearance of old Spanish tile. I accomplish this objectby means of the device described herein and shown in the accompanying'drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a fragment of aroof with my imitation tiling in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of one .ofl my imitation tiling before the same is laid.

erably made from galvanized sheet-iron and pressed into theconfiguration shown in Fig. 2 by suitable dies therefor.

The tiles are Alaid as follows: The rooffoundation being ready therefor,the first and bottom row or tier of tiles is first laid as follows: Thetile B will be placed in the position shown in Fig. l. The holding-pieceD, a small square cut piece of galvanized iron, will be placed close tothe upper end of` the tile on the longitudinal base-flange X, as shownin the Figs. 1 and 3, and when in this position the nail C is drivendown through the holding-piece and through the iiange X of the tile intothe roof -f'oundation until the nai-l is nearly driven home, as moreparticularly shown in Fig. 3, leaving the holding-piece loosely held onthe iange by the nail. l/Vhile in this position (the holding-piecelyingloosely on the base-flange of the tile) a new tile B/ is passed to'a position'above tiling B/ and to the left thereof', so that theupturned longitudinal engaging rib on the tile B is below and in linewith the downwardly-turned interlocking rib Z) on tile B", (not shown,but the relative position of these ribs on these tile are shown in Figs.2 and 3,) and when in this position tile Bll is pushed down until thebottom of tiling BH registers with the bottom of the tile B,thus placingthem on a line with each other. 'The interlocking ribs 7) extendlongitudinally along the outer edge of the baseflange. They are bentupwardly, then bent downwardly, and are adapted thereby to interlockwith the engaging ribs and hold the tiles together. The position of theengaging ribs and the interlocking ribs L when the tiling are in placeon the roof and the manner in which they hold the tiles together aremore particularly shown in Fig. 3. Vhen the tile to be laid is in placeand on a line with the tile already laid, the holding-piece C is placedupon the upper end of the base-flange X of tile to be laid and the nailis driven therethrough nearly home, as hereinbefore explained. Anothertiling BH is then placed above and to the left of B" and the engagingribs caused to telescope, as hereinbefore explained, when tile B" isslid down to a position so that the tiles register and are in line witheach other. A holding-piece C is then placed on the upper part of thebase-flange of tile B" and partially nailed, as hereinbef'ore explained.This operation is repeated until the lower tier of tiles is in place onthe roof, when the next upper tier of tiles is placed thereon. This isdone as follows: Referring to Fig. l, tiling BW is placed directly abovetiling BH, the lower end ofI tile Bm' overlapping the Lipper end oftiling B. lThe downwardly-turned flange Z on the lower end of thebase-fiange on tile BH" (the cleat is not shown in Fig. l, but itsposition is indicated, however, and a similar flange is shown in properposition in Fig. 2) is passed under the holding-piece, and the tile ismoved firmly up so that the flange will eng'age the holdingpiece. Thenanother holding-piece D', Fig.

l, is placed on the upper part of the baseilange on tile 13 and the nailC partly driven home, as hereinbefore explained. After this is done thenail which was partly driven home in the upper part of the base-flangeof tile BH and is covered and hidden from view by the lower part of thebase-flange on the tile Bm is driven firmly home by hammering on thatpart of the tiling BW which covers the head of the nail C. This point isindicated on Fig. l, as at W'. This will bind the tiles B/l and BWsecurely together at this point on the roof-foundation. This operationis repeated until all the tiles are secured in place. Thus it will beseen that these imitation tiles when laid will present the appearance ofreal lSpanish tile and will be more effectual in shedding rain than thereal tile, as there is no opening anywhere therein through which therain-water could pass, the roof having the necessary pitch to carry offthe water.

These imitation tiles are much more easily, quickly, and cheaply laidthan the real tile.

The inwardly-turned closu re-forming flange y on the larger or lower endof the tile is corrugated and forms a closure for the opening thatotherwise would exist between the overlapping ends of the tile and givesthe lower end of the tile the appearance of being' thick, like thenatural Spanish tile.

A linish is given the lower tier of tile, which forms the eaves of theroof, by the insertion under the bottom ends thereof of extrafinishing-strips. These strips when placed have the appearance ofreversely-laid tile and form a substitute for and look like the bottomlayer of tile which is necessary in natural-tile roofs. Thesefinishing-strips, however, are not shown in the drawings, as they formno part of my invention.

Having described my invention,` what Il claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isu

l. An imitation tile, comprising a body portion, larger at one end thanat the other end, and having on one of the side edges thereofl anengaging rib, on the other side vedge an outwardly-extendingbase-flange, the flange having on its outer edge a locking-ribprojecting upwardly and terminating in a downwardly-turned edge, andhaving on the bottom end of the base-flange a downwardlyturned engagingflange, lthe larger end of the body portion of the tile being providedwith an inwardly-turned closure-forming flange.

2. An imitation tile, comprising the main body portion B, larger at oneend than at the other, the larger end being provided with aninwardly-turned closure-forming flange y, and having on one side edgethereof an inwardlyturned engaging rib b and on the other side edge anoutwardly-extending base-flange X having on its outer edge theinterlocking rib I) and on its bottom edge the downwardlyturned engagingflange Z, in combination with the holding-piece D and a securing-nail G.

3. An imitation tile comprising a body portion, larger at its lower'end,and provided at its lower end with an inwardly-turned closureformingflange y, an engaging rib b', on one edge thereof, and on the other edgea baseiiange X carrying on its outer edge the interlocking rib b, and onthe bottom thereof the inwardly-turned engaging flange Z, in combinationwith a holding-piece D and nail G, substantially as shown and described.

4. An imitation tile, comprising a body portion, having on one of itsside edges a longitudinal engaging' rib, and on the other side edge alongitudinal base-flange, extending outwardly therefrom` the base-flangehaving on its outer edge an interlocking rib, and on the bottom edgethereof a downwardly and inwardly turned engaging flange, in combinationwith means to secure the tile to the rooffoundation, substantially asshown and described.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 8d day of June, 1903.

JOHN SINGER. lVitnesses:

HENRY T. HAZARD, MARGARETE C. NICKELEsoN.

